ascend

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

as·cend (ə-sĕndʹ)v. as·cend·ed, as·cend·ing, as·cendsv. intr.
1. To go or move upward; rise. See Synonyms at rise.
2. To slope upward.
3. To rise from a lower level or station; advance:
ascended from poverty to great wealth; ascend to the throne.
4. To go back in time or upward in genealogical succession.v. tr.
1. To move upward upon or along; climb:
ascended the mountain.
2. To succeed to; occupy:
ascended the throne upon the death of her father. [Middle English ascenden, from Old French ascendre, from Latin ascendere: ad-, ad- + scandere, to climb; See skand- in Indo-European Roots.] as·cendʹa·ble or as·cendʹi·ble adj.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  move up, rise, come up, uprise, climb up, go up
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  set, go down, go under, descend, fall, come down